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My Internship at ESA/ESTECMy Internship at ESA/ESTECMy Internship at ESA/ESTECMy Internship at ESA/ESTEC

Nuno.Filipe@esa.int

"Estágios tecnológicos no CERN, ESA, ESO"Pavilhão do Conhecimento, Lisboa

April 30th, 2010

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• My Work Place: ESA/ESTEC• My Section: TEC-ECM• My Internship

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• The European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) is the largest site and the technical heart of European Space Agency (ESA)

• It is located in Noordwijk, The Netherlands

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• My section is the Dynamics and Mathematical Analysis Unit (TEC-ECM)

• TEC-ECM belongs to…TEC

TEC-E

TEC-EC

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• Some fields of expertise of TEC-ECM are:−Optimization and analysis of space trajectories such as ascent,

loitering, interplanetary, rendezvous, low-thrust, and re-entry trajectories

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• Some fields of expertise of TEC-ECM are:−Optimization and analysis of space trajectories such as ascent,

loitering, interplanetary, rendezvous, low-thrust, and re-entry trajectories

−Astrodynamics−Mathematical modelling of dynamic systems−Optimization algorithms such as local, global, multi-objective,

multi-disciplinary, and mixed-integer optimization algorithms

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• From April 2008 to March 2011• Previous projects:

− Technical support to PROBA-V satellite

− Analysis of conjunctions between objects in orbit

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• Current projects:− Analysis and design of re-entry, Terminal Area Energy

Management (TAEM), and landing guidance systems

− Optimization and analysis of ascent trajectories of Ariane 5 ECA and Vega

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• Current projects:− Technical support to PROVA-3 satellites (e.g., analysis of space

radiation effects)

− Technology support to the European Re-Entry Black Box and SHARK re-entry capsules

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• Current projects:− Research and Development (R&D) of a global optimization toolbox

based on Interval Analysis (guaranteed global optimization)

− Supervision of a Aerospace Engineering student from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Portugal, working on space trajectory analysis

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• Current projects:− Organization of the 4th International Conference on Astrodynamics

Tools and Techniques (ICATT); European Space Astronomy Centre (ESA/ESTEC), Madrid, Spain; 3-6 May 2010